Archive for July 1st, 2025

CAL passengers get a ‘serving’ of Cayman dialect
(CNS): Cayman Airways is teaching its passengers a little Caymanian vernacular with the introduction of napkins featuring select authentic Caymanian sayings and phrases. The additional serving of in-flight entertainment has been developed with the help of The Cayman Islands Dictionary by Kevin Goring, giving passengers a fun introduction to the unique linguistic heritage of the […]

Little Cayman reefs decimated by bleaching
(CNS): The coral cover on Little Cayman’s reefs has dropped to the lowest since monitoring began more than half a century ago, according to the recently published 2024 Healthy Reefs Report Card, compiled by the Central Caribbean Marine Institute. As a result of a global bleaching event in 2023, one of the worst ever recorded, […]

Sargassum plan abandoned by UPM back on table
(CNS): The minority UPM administration appears to have abandoned the development of a plan to deal with the sargassum influx after Kathy Ebanks-Wilks, the sustainability minister, resigned from government in October 2024. However, Ebanks-Wilks, who is back at the helm of the environment and sustainability, has said that this is now a priority. The draft […]